MCZ Ichthyology 858

Astyanax argentatus Baird & Girard, 1854

Syntype of Astyanax argentatus

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1989-03-01

North America: United States: Texas | Upper tributaries of Rio Nueces

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:858 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Astyanax argentatus Baird & Girard, 1854
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Characiformes Characoidei Characidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: ]

  • field number: Z858
  • group number: 204

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: Muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-19
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-05   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 3 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-19

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  • In: Proc Acad Nat Sci Phil,1854(7):27. Ex. from Smithsonian (no date), cat. by F.W. Putnam as B&G originals on 17II1863. Collector inferred to be J.H. Clark based on species description (ADW-2011).

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Texas
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007826 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Upper tributaries of Rio Nueces
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Upper tributaries of Rio Nueces
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: F]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Coordinates approximate. Collector's name on labels but not in catalogue.
  • Georeference:
  • 28.3416666°, -98.008333° (Error radius: 115km) By: [no agent data] on 2010-03-19 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (28° 20′ ″ N  98° 0′ ″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1989-03-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • Unknown

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology 851; 852; 853; 854; 855; 856; 857; 858; 859; 860; 861; 862; 863; 864; 865; 866; 867; 868; 869; 870; 871; 872; 873; 874; 875 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 000001-006000, pg.35;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:851 Anostomus fasciatus to MCZ:Ich:875 ...

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